COOLIDGE — As Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology moves forward with its goal to nearly double the class offerings for next school year, the school announced a series of new hires a…
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SIGNAL PEAK — After stating last month that it planned to reopen campuses this spring, Central Arizona College confirmed that the college would reopen to the public on May 3, albeit with social distancing protocols still in place.
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FLORENCE — San Tan Heights K-8 and Florence Unified School District are partnering with the nonprofit Great Minds to further the district’s goal of high-quality curriculum and instruction for the entire district.
FLORENCE — Students as well as teachers can benefit from Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and a team of professionals is already at work to promote it throughout Florence Unified School District, the school board was told April 13.
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FLORENCE — Students, employees and community members in Florence Unified School District contributed more than $4,200 in loose change to buy board games for area children’s hospitals.
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FLORENCE — Middle school students will learn about police work and crime prevention in demonstrations and hands-on activities with some of their local officers this summer in a week-long “Youth Police Experience.”
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FLORENCE — To better serve high-achieving students in the elementary grades, Florence Unified School District is creating a gifted magnet school at Circle Cross Ranch K-8 in San Tan Valley.
FLORENCE — Florence Unified School District’s new school-year calendar has been changed to make fall and winter breaks begin one week later, and to close the district for the week before Christmas. The school board approved the changes at its March 9 meeting.
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PHOENIX — Central Arizona College has its best chance ever of finally being able to offer four-year degrees to its students.
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COOLIDGE — February is usually an important month for Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology as it tries to recruit partner schools and students. This year, CAVIT is trying something different out of necessity. During a Governing Board meeting on Wednesday, Superintendent Mike Glover…
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FLORENCE — Students in the elementary grades will return for regular in-person classes on Feb. 8, and high school students will return on Feb. 16, the Florence Unified School District governing board voted Tuesday afternoon.
CASA GRANDE — The following student achievements were reported to PinalCentral:
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FLORENCE — In response to high teacher absences, the Florence Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to return the district’s 10,000 students in San Tan Valley and Florence to online or “virtual” learning only for the rest of the month beginning Thursday.
SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College has announced the following students graduated in December. The listing is organized alphabetically by campus and includes the certificate and/or degree the student received.
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COOLIDGE — The CAVIT Governing Board members have approved awarding special credit to struggling students so that their academic careers aren’t derailed by challenges unique to the pandemic.
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CASA GRANDE — Two Pinal County schools will receive money through a special Diamondbacks grant program.
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FLORENCE — New lower COVID-19 infection levels triggered when a school would shift to a “hybrid” schedule, or a complete return to online learning, were approved by the Florence Unified School District board on Dec. 17.
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FLORENCE — New COVID-19 infection thresholds for determining when a school would shift to a “hybrid” schedule, or a complete return to online learning, were approved by the Florence Unified School District board on Dec. 8.
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FLORENCE — A Pinal County judge is being urged to toss out the latest — and possibly the last — challenge to the results of the presidential race in Arizona and the awarding of the state’s 11 electoral college votes to Joe Biden.
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SIGNAL PEAK — Although they were not able to attend in person, Central Arizona College broadcast a virtual send-off for graduates on Friday, celebrating those who successfully finished their programs in May, August or December despite the year’s unique challenges.
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PHOENIX — Seven Pinal County schools have received $5,000 grants from the charity foundation of Arizona Public Service Co.
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PHOENIX — A special state grant intended to help school districts compensate for enrollment declines amid the pandemic is falling short for some Pinal County schools.
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COOLIDGE — In anticipation of a spike in COVID-19 during the holiday season, Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that it will begin the new year doing remote-only programs.
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FLORENCE — Three Florence area schools will have a law enforcement officer on campus beginning in early 2021, thanks to a state grant, following approval of the school board.
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SIGNAL PEAK — After weathering a tough scenario this fall, Central Arizona College is poised to begin planning for a more normalized 2021.
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COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology board had its first live meeting since March on Wednesday. The school transitioned from virtual to hybrid instruction on Oct. 13 after state health benchmarks indicated it could safely open again.
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FLORENCE — With no candidates getting enough signatures to make the general election ballot in the race for Florence Unified School District Governing Board, the three seats will be filled by write-in candidates.
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FLORENCE — Florence Unified School District’s request for a $75 million bond issue wasn’t meeting with voter approval Tuesday night.
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ORACLE — Field trips are off the table at many elementary, middle and high schools worldwide, so the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 has made itself available to meet them where they are.
FLORENCE — With an estimated 1,300 new students coming into Florence Unified School District in the next five years, administrators want to build middle schools adjacent to its three existing high school campuses.
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FLORENCE — Superintendent Chris Knutsen said in a video message to the community this summer that homebuilding continues and the district needs to be forward-thinking about its future needs.
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FLORENCE — To better enable safe social distancing this year, the traditional homecoming parade will be a “caravan” in the downtown area, beginning at 1 p.m. Friday.
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Q. In tight financial times, how would you choose which programs are worth saving?
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FLORENCE — Without commenting directly on the closure of San Tan Foothills High School to contain the spread of COVID-19, school board members asked the community to help contain the rumors.
This the third in a series of four articles on the candidates running for three open seats on the Florence Unified School District Governing Board. The candidates responded in writing to questions from the Florence Reminder. Typos and grammar are the candidates’ own. Every candidate in this …
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FLORENCE — Superintendent Chris Knutsen visited seven of Florence Unified School District’s 12 campuses Monday. There was no particular problem or urgent issue.
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COOLIDGE — In-person learning will begin Tuesday for students at the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology, the Governing Board learned Wednesday during its monthly meeting held remotely.
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Q. Please introduce yourself and discuss why you would like to serve on the school board.
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FLORENCE — Parents expressed frustration to the Florence Unified School District Governing Board about their children’s difficulties with distance learning, and school officials conveyed some of their own exasperation with the “moving target” leadership they receive from the state at last we…
FLORENCE — Schools were to reopen this week on a limited basis for students who need tech support or merely some supervision as they do their school work.
SIGNAL PEAK — Central Arizona College has announced its summer 2020 graduating class.
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CASA GRANDE — Like many colleges and universities throughout the state and nation, Central Arizona College will be starting classes and services online this fall while its campuses remain closed during the coronavirus pandemic.
COOLIDGE — On the morning of July 1, Kiamesha Guy’s daughter received a startling email from the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology.
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FLORENCE — Florence Unified School District classes will begin as scheduled next week with all of its estimated 9,500 students learning from home.
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COOLIDGE — At a special meeting of the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology Governing Board held telephonically on Monday, board members adopted an expenditure budget for fiscal year 2020-21, which included a 5.7% increase in the Maintenance and Operations area.
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COOLIDGE — After months of seeking a new teacher for the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology nursing assistant program, the career and technical education school announced that it will be temporarily sunsetting the course.
COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology will start the next school year off virtually following the delay placed on in-person instruction by the state recently.
SAN TAN VALLEY — The Florence Unified School District Governing Board approved a plan to reopen school on July 22 while strongly recommending face masks for students, teachers and staff.
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FLORENCE — Voters in the Florence Unified School District will be asked to approve $75 million in bond funding for upgrades and repairs to schools in Florence and San Tan Valley in the Nov. 3 general election.
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COOLIDGE — The Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology is rolling out summer programing for students impacted by the COVID-19 school closures this past school year.
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FLORENCE — Florence Unified School District is planning to begin the new school year as scheduled on July 22 with several safeguards in place.
The state playoff brackets for baseball and softball were released late Thursday morning. With a quick turnaround ahead, Pinal County teams at least know who and where they are playing.
FLORENCE -- Unlike most of her track and field teammates, there was no way for Mackenzie Heikes to work on her craft once the world shut down due to COVID-19. Not fully, anyway.
COOLIDGE — Despite the two schools being locked into a rivalry that goes back decades, Florence softball coach Dominic Rice took the time Thursday to approach the Coolidge team huddled for a p…
CHANDLER — Several Florence High School athletes were top finishers at the Al Nelson Invitational 2021 track meet Friday and Saturday at Valley Christian High School in Chandler.
COOLIDGE — As Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology moves forward with its goal to nearly double the class offerings for next school year, the school announced a series of new hires a…
SIGNAL PEAK — After stating last month that it planned to reopen campuses this spring, Central Arizona College confirmed that the college would reopen to the public on May 3, albeit with socia…
FLORENCE — San Tan Heights K-8 and Florence Unified School District are partnering with the nonprofit Great Minds to further the district’s goal of high-quality curriculum and instruction for …
FLORENCE — Students as well as teachers can benefit from Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and a team of professionals is already at work to promote it throughout Florence Unified School Di…
FLORENCE — Students, employees and community members in Florence Unified School District contributed more than $4,200 in loose change to buy board games for area children’s hospitals.
FLORENCE — Middle school students will learn about police work and crime prevention in demonstrations and hands-on activities with some of their local officers this summer in a week-long “Yout…